Comparison between technetium 99m hexamethylpropyleneamine oxide labeled white blood cell abdominal scan and abdominal sonography to detect appendicitis in adult patients with atypical clinical presentation

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 734-738

  Sun, S S ^a   Wu, H S ^b   Wang, J J ^c   Ho, S T ^d   Kao, A ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdominal sonography; Advanced age; Appendicitis; Technetium 99m hexamethylpropyleneamine oxide; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ABDOMEN; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0036835469     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-002-0015-5     Document Type: Article

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